“I legitimately cannot tell if this is the real app or not because it's hard to imagine buying a product this expensive to have so many, SO MANY ads it's next to impossible to use. I'm just trying to set the mood, and here I am watching…”
Independent automated assessment · 1 signal source · 406 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Hue Light App Remote Control
Metaverse LabsRemote Control for Hue Lights & Bridge for Home Assistant Hue Light App Remo…
4.2 ★30,990 ratings
1M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Remote Control for Hue Lights & Bridge for Home Assistant
Hue Light App Remote is a must-have app to connect, control, and manage your Hue Bluetooth lights and Bridge devices.
Looking for a Hue light control app? Hue Light App Remote helps you create the best lighting experience for your home. Try the new built-in widget for faster and more convenient control.
Easy to Set Up and Manage from Anywhere
Connect your Hue lights and Bridge devices in just a few simple steps. Once your devices are successfully added, you can organize them by rooms and zones and start controlling them within seconds. Manage up to 50+ lights from one app.
Organize Your Smart Lights Your Way
200+ Scenes for the Best Lighting Experience
Explore hundreds of stunning lighting scenes designed by professional lighting experts.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 7.4.5 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 7.4.5, updated 2026-08-11.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 45 distinct reviewers (11.1% of 406 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“waste of money. after you purchase the app you 50 ads within 2mins. Basically 2-5 ads everytime yo click on anything in the app.”
“Ordered 2 Phillips Hue smart bulbs, supposedly easy to set up with Alexa. Total BS!!! Phillips Hue app slams you with ads for sex games. Can't even navigate the app without the ads popping up every 2 seconds. Could only get one bulb to…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 7.4.5.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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